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Kintana vs Ticketmaster
Own your stack at indie scale — or plug into the world’s largest ticketing network.
Ticketmaster is the dominant live events ticketing platform — from arena and stadium contracts with reserved seating, queueing, and marketplace discovery, to Universe, its self-serve product for independent and mid-size organisers. Kintana is for comedians, promoters, and venues who want checkout, CRM, marketing sites, and email on their own domain — with Stripe payouts and a workspace they control, without the Live Nation ecosystem. Ticketmaster fits scale and distribution; Kintana fits owned brand, list, and ops for indie live events.
Often a fit if you are…
- Comedy clubs and indie promoters who want self-serve signup — not venue exclusivity or enterprise contracts
- Teams building an owned email list and marketing site — not only Ticketmaster or Universe checkout pages
- Acts touring globally who need performer routing and settlement outside the TM stack
Side by side
Kintana vs Ticketmaster
| Kintana | Ticketmaster | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand & checkout | ||
| Checkout on your own domain | Universe pages + embed; TM marketplace on Pro | |
| Full marketing site (bio, tours, pages) | Universe event listings + widgets | |
| Custom domain for your brand | Pro plan | White-label Universe checkout |
| Listed on Ticketmaster marketplace | Your SEO + your list | Pro plan + enterprise contracts |
| Audience & CRM | ||
| Contact on every order in your workspace | Attendee data in Event Manager | |
| Tags, segments, and campaigns built in | Automated attendee emails + integrations | |
| Email drips & broadcasts you fully control | Mailchimp + platform emails | |
| Export data / tenant-isolated workspace | Organiser data exports | |
| Operations | ||
| Stripe Connect payouts to your account | Ticketmaster / Universe payment flow | |
| Reserved seating & venue maps at scale | General admission focus | |
| High-demand on-sale queueing | — | |
| QR check-in & door scanner | BoxOffice app + enterprise access control | |
| Request-a-show & tour tools (performers) | — | |
| Promoter settlement & event money views | Real-time analytics in Event Manager | |
| Pricing & migration | ||
| Free tier to start | Universe Starter — free events free | |
| Published self-serve pricing | Universe tiers; enterprise is custom | |
| Import prior buyers / contacts | CSV import + migration support | Export from Event Manager |
| Live Ticketmaster / Universe sales sync | — | N/A — source platform |
Why teams switch
What changes after migration
Right-sized for indie rooms
Ticketmaster powers arenas and exclusive venue deals — Kintana is built for comedy clubs, promoters, and touring acts who want to launch on-sales without enterprise contracts or Live Nation dependencies.
Site + checkout + mail in one desk
Universe embeds and event pages work well within the TM ecosystem — Kintana gives you block-based sites, Stripe checkout on your domain, and email campaigns without wiring Mailchimp on top.
Built for performers and promoters
Request-a-show, tour demand, and promoter settlement views are first-class in Kintana — for teams whose bottleneck is brand and list, not stadium queue infrastructure.
Move from Ticketmaster / Universe
Move from Ticketmaster / Universe
Export contacts and sales from Universe Event Manager or your Ticketmaster account reports, import into Kintana, and run your next on-sale on your own checkout and site. We can walk through mapping on a call — Agency plans include hands-on setup for your first shows.
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